CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hermann Von Helmholtz, Paul Broca, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Ben Wormwood

Document Summary

Psychology: scientific study of the mind and behavior. Interactive dualism: separation of the mind and the physical body, allowing for communication between the two ren descartes. Phrenology: traits/characteristics mapped onto the size of brain regions. Can be observed through differences in the physical bumps on the skull. Localization of function within specific brain areas. Demonstrated by observing effects of brain lesions in non-human animals. Observation of naturally occurring lesions & associated dysfunction. Aphasia: specific deficit/dysfunction of a certain area. Physiology: the study of biological processes, especially in the human body. Measured the speed of nerve impulses via reaction time. Demonstrated that mental processes are not instantaneous. Structuralism: analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind. Consciousness: a person"s subjective experience of the world and of the mind. Introspection: subjective observation of one"s own experience. Raw sensory experiences and reaction times were reported to illustrate the differences between the two. Credited with the emergence of psychology as a legit science.